The Dear Reader: DPRK Observations & Musings

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Kim Jong-un Continues to Take a Page from The Donald

It suddenly hit me the other day: Kim Jong-un is Donald Trump. He brands everything with his name; likes to shout “You’re a sea of fire!” across the DMZ conference table at South Korea; and everything about him, in the celebrity-leader culture of the DPRK, screams apprentice.

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Filed under: Commentary

The Day USS Pueblo Servicemen Gave North Korea the Finger

It happened in the fall of 1968.

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Remembering One of the Original U.S. Prisoners of the Korean War

There are a couple of different ways to pay tribute this weekend to the late Larry Zellers, a Texas-born missionary who was captured by North Korean soldiers in Kaesong on June 25th, 1950 and held as a POW until 1953.

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Searching for Signs of Cheonan Diplomacy

It’s that time of year again, when North Korea issues a long and deluded Joint New Year’s Day Editorial. The 2012 edition clocks in at 5,721 words, with no mention anywhere of the term “Cheonan.”

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Filed under: Cheonan, Commentary

North Korea Welcomes Heavyweight Emissary

Imagine if North Korea was able to produce a world-class boxer and release that fearsome figure into the international sports arena. It would allow for a much more powerful PR punch than whining about lightning strikes at a women’s World Cup of soccer.

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